Making Explosions(Kido Training)

More than an hour had passed since his training began, as the young and inexperienced Aoi had just used the technique twice. He was not about to let just two failed attempts hinder his training as he aimed the palm of his hand at the sky as he smiled and began the chant once more.

"Ye Lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, The sea barrier surges, March on to the south!"

A small red fire ball went high up into the sky as he smiled looking at it, then as it reached up really high he noticed something he did not realise previously. The reason the flames of the previous fire ball had stopped before was because the two fireballs had collided indirectly cancelling each other out. His output was also lacking as the ball had not really gone that far to begin with having a range of close to thirty meters was where it should have reached but it only went up around fifteen meters which was not high and as all would know. What goes up must come down, which with the small space between the boy and his ball of fire could his life be coming to an end. To be defeated by his own technique, was this the destiny of the newest addition to the kido corps. Will this be his last day of training or will this be the moment to define the rest of his life, what should he do in this moment as the red flame was heading towards him.

"reflect"

He did not have time to think this over as he knew he had to defend himself as he released his blade in that moment, the release of Kagami as it reflected a portion of the technique as he blocked it taking light burns on his arms and upper thighs and slight burns on hi forehead. The boy realised he was a bit careless and sat up before sighing.

As the boy stood in the world of dreams as a hall of mirrors and rain drops fell as the sky reflected the lake and the lake reflected the sky. The world began to rip apart in two equal halves as the sky began to fall as he looked at himself looking at him. "Kagami, I will beat you" as the image of himself smiled and replied. "Aoi-kun, will you really be able to defeat me?".

The small opened his eyes to find a soft silk blanket covering him and a small sealed bowl of noodles which seemed to still be hot as he looked around, but no one was in his training area as he heard sounds of swords clashing and on other ends heard explosions of kido as well. He then looked at his targets which were close to twenty in total as he prepared himself. He raised his right hand and then placed his left hand in position like a master of the arts. He then proceeded to rip off the seal with his left hand and then grabbed a spork which was a combination of a fork and a spoon and began to devour the noodles showing no mercy as he gulped them down without mercy before giving a happy sigh, however the smile he showed earlier was already gone and so was most of his excitement too. He was rather calm right now as he stood up and took in a deep breath.

"Thank you whoever you are"

Who ever it was that left him the bowl of noodles it did not matter, however it would have been nice to know who it was. He then got ready, he was now able to focus with his mind rested and his stomach full there was nothing in the way of his training as he got into his stance and thought about why this training was important.

He prepared himself as each day he would practice firing close to twenty or more Shakkahō a day, as he repeated the incantation and soon began cutting out the incantation as the technique would fizzle out or fail several times. He also performed only one Sōkatsui a day alongside this training. After a few weeks had passed he had finally gotten the hang of the fireball technique however he did not yet master the zero incantation for Sōkatsui. He had trained a lot and did not really spend time with any other shinigami, he also felt a bit upset that he was not selected for the usual duties the other shinigami got. He was not sure if it was cause of his inexperience or that the kido corps simply mastered kido. It did not matter as long as he would be able to impress her though, he did have other problems to deal with as well. He was not sure what was so difficult about Sōkatsui when both techniques were considered equal, even though the second one was clearly more powerful in a sense that it was faster and covered a wider area. Perhaps there was a weakness to Sōkatsui that he did not know about, it was hard for him to tell at this stage but he knew he had to train to make better use of it.

As time grew short he prepared to take on his final test, even if it was a bit early